The Fall of Malton

The Fall of Malton

Blurb: Malton's quarantine has been set up, and the zombies have risen. They have executed over 75% of the population and are advancing towards Malton's few survivors. Captain Jace, a Trooper of the Federation has been ordered to strike Malton and find a weakness in the zombies. When they arrive however, they are shot down and stranded deep in zombie territory. Now they will have to find a way to escape Malton before its too late.

But something is stalking them in the shadows, something neither human or zombie, something which intends to finish them off...

Prologue

Time: Zero Hour, Mission Start Location: Above Malton Date: 1st November, 2007

A Skyhawk chinhook dived through the stormy skies of Malton and into Oblivion, above them was lightning so fierce it could fell even the strongest of sky scrapers, below was a city infested with thousands of zombies, all wanting a taste of meat. From the cockpit, Captain Jace could see them running through the streets, chasing after a lone group of survivors who were outnumbered a hundred to one. Captain Jace intended to save them once they were in position, the first phase involved gunning down an entire area of zombies before parajumping in.

Captain Jace was 32 years old, he had jet black hair, blue eyes and a small nose. A scar across his right cheek was another reminder of his last encounter with the zombies. "Fly low Smith, and prep the guns" he told the pilot, "Roger that, Sir" said Smith the pilot. Jace prepared to exit the cockpit, but decided to take another look at the survivors being chased.

They were a group of four, three men and a woman so it appeared. Jace promised himself again that he would save them, he turned and finally left. In the next room were seven of his squad members, another group led by Captain Shadow was flying to a different area in Malton but they would be up at the end of the mission.

"Alright there sir?" asked the cocky one of his team, Jack (Nicknamed Joker), Joker knew perfectly well that Jace wasn't the keenest flyer and often joked about it. Jace just ignored him and sat back down, waiting for the announcement. "Attention squad, we will initiating phase one in thirty seconds, better get on the guns now." yelled the intercom. As it said this, gun turrets ascended from the floor and the hatch began to open.

"That's our cue team, GO GO GO!" he yelled as the squad moved towards the turrets. Jace hopped on one himself and pulled out a pair of binoculars, he saw the survivors yet again rushing towards a heavily barricaded building. However the zombies were faster and they were about to be mauled. Jace didn't bother waiting for the signal and opened fire at the zombies, shredding them in half a second.

The survivors looked up in awe to see two gunships dive towards the city, they cheered as they passed overhead to the next group.